Sep 11 – Present
Immediate Media, 15-18 White Lion Street, London, N1 9PG
Senior .Net Developer
Magicalia is a digitally led cross-media publisher and platform provider. They own and operate market leading consumer websites, magazines and online commerce properties. My role includes improving the in house Content Management System in an Agile environment utilising Scrum reporting directly to the CTO. The system is built using C#, ASP.NET 4, Telerik, SQL 2008 and jQuery. I have also standardised the way the databases are deployed and currently working on implementing Continuous Builds and Automatic Deployments.

Sep 08 – Sep 11
HCC Insurance, 35 Seething Lane, London, EC3N 4AH
Senior .Net Developer
HCC is an international insurance holding company and a leading specialty insurance group since 1974. HCC is rated AA (Very Strong) by Standard & Poor’s.

Whist working at HCC I have worked on a variety of projects across different lines of business. The systems I have built use C# .Net 4, WCF, AJAX with SQL 2008 and source control is handled by Team Foundation Server (TFS). The types of projects I have built include full policy life cycle and risk management applications. We have a variety of third party systems that we have to interface with which are on the DB2 platform. I design everything from the database to the HTML and CSS. My role also includes producing Management Information (MI) reports using mainly SSRS. The applications that we build are predominately for internal use only. I have also created a standard template for the Technical Design Document. Whilst at HCC I have completed two CII exams (LLMIT and IF1).

Apr 08 – Sep 08
DLKW, 25 Wellington Street, London WC2E 7DA
Senior .Net Developer
DLKW is one of the leading full-service agencies in the UK with over 200 people as part of their team. I work for the digital department building bespoke websites for a variety of clients which include Halifax, Burger King, BAA and D&A. The sites were built using C# .Net 2.0/3.5, AJAX, MS SQL2005, CSS, XHTML, JavaScript and XML. We also utilise a variety of toolkits like Telerik.
Examples of my work whilst at DLKW:

    http://www.burgerking.co.uk/
    http://www.halifaxmortgagesaver.co.uk/
    http://www.footballyourway.co.uk (Burger King campaign now over)

Mar 05 – Apr 08
Emperor Interactive, Old Street, EC2A 4HJ
Senior .Net Developer
The majority of Emperor’s clients are from the financial sector, in particular, hedge fund companies. Emperor provides clients with a Content Management System (ASP, PHP, C# .NET). I designed and built the C# .NET version. I built a variety of templates for the CMS which included General Content, News, Investor Relations, Press Release, Share Price, Job Vacancies, Contact Form, Site Map, FAQ, Newsletter Registration Form and Products template. The system was built using C#, .NET 2.0, MS SQL 2005, XML, XSLT, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX (plus the AJAX toolkit) and Telerik.

My role also included the gathering of requirements which I would then present to the I.T. Director and the clients.
Examples of my work whilst at Emperor:

    http://www.closebrothers.co.uk
    http://www.assuragroup.co.uk
    http://www.vedantaresources.com
    http://www.gwpharm.com
    http://www.sterlingenergyuk.com
    http://www.jkx.co.uk
    http://www.oceanlinx.com
    http://www.assuragroup.co.uk
    http://www.sterlingenergyuk.com
    http://www.paypoint.com

Mar 04 – Mar 05
Big Picture, Shepherds Bush, W14 0BL
ASP Developer / I.T. Support
This is a field-marketing agency that sends field representatives into electronics and computer retailers on behalf of I.T. based clients (such as Adobe, Texas, Intel, Tiscali, Sony, Hauppauge and OneTel).

When I joined the company there was no I.T. infrastructure; users queries were just emailed to the relevant person rather than being logged onto a system. I took the initiative to create a web-based application using ASP and SQL Server. This allowed users to log problems, which was then prioritised as I administrated the helpdesk. When a problem was logged the administrator and user would receive emails when the status of the query changed.

    25 users with Windows XP and Office 2003
    1 Windows 2003 server with IIS6 Web server
    1 Exchange 2003 Server
    1 SQL 2000 Server
    1 Fax server
    1 Router
    5 VPN users

Project: Internal I.T. Helpdesk
When I joined the company there was no I.T. infrastructure; users queries were just emailed to the relevant person rather than being logged onto a system. I took the initiative to create a web-based application using ASP and SQL Server. This allowed users to log problems, which was then prioritised as I administrated the helpdesk. When a problem was logged onto the system it generated an email notifying me of what has been logged. It was then prioritised, and assigned it to a relevant person with the task. Once the query had been dealt with, the user automatically received an email notifying them that the problem had been fixed. This provided quick resolution of problems and necessary fixes in the I.T. department.

Oct 03 – Mar 04
Fujitsu, Footscray, Kent
ASP Developer / I.T. Helpdesk
I provided second line support to internal users.
Built a small intranet using ASP and Access.